The derivation of a brief Student Nurse Stress Index

Work and Stress

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 162-181

  Jones, Martyn C ^a   Johnston, Derek W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exploratory confirmatory factor analysis; Stress; Student nurse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; STUDENT;

EID: 0032825433     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026783799296129     Document Type: Article

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